Applications due Monday, August 5, 2024
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ACL is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for $2.64 million over three years to better understand the extent to which caregiver navigator services can be effectively used by the programs and entities funded under Title III-E and VI-C of the Older Americans Act (OAA).
With this funding opportunity, ACL is emphasizing the themes of “recognizing,” “assisting,” and “supporting” the family caregivers that are central to the Recognize, Assist, Include, Support, and Engage (RAISE) Family Caregivers Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (SGRG) Act, both of which aim to improve family caregivers’ ability to access and navigate often complex systems of services and supports for themselves and those they support. Additionally, this project will advance national efforts to implement the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.
ACL will award one cooperative agreement for a project of national scope to a single entity lasting for a duration of 36 months, with three, 12-month budget periods. The amount of federal funds available will be up to approximately $882,000 per year, pending availability of federal funds. The successful grantee and their partners will work to build the capacity of OAA-funded Title III-E/VI-C programs and the entities administering them (e.g., state units on aging, area agencies on aging, tribes, local service providers) to provide caregiver navigator services.
The initiative is in keeping with President Biden’s Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers. This executive order directs federal agencies to take more than 50 actions making affordable, quality childcare more available to working families; expanding access to home and community-based services; growing and strengthening the direct care workforce; supporting family caregivers; and more — giving us a unique opportunity to transform our long-term care systems and mitigate the challenges that family caregivers face.
An informational call for prospective applicants will be held on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 3:00 PM ET.
- Phone number: 888-323-9921
- Passcode: 6519417
See Notice of Funding Opportunity: HHS-2024-ACL-AOA-CGPS-0039, "Advancing Aging Network Capacity to Support Family, Kinship and Tribal Family Caregivers: Understanding, Testing and Evaluating Caregiver Navigator Services," posted June 4, 2024.